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Alejandro Aguilar
Scientist - BL10.0.1
AAguilar@lbl.gov
(510)486-6235 tel
(510)486-4299 fax
(626)710-8325 cell

Advanced Light Source
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, MS 6R2100
Berkeley, CA 94720-8226
USA

 


Research Interests

 

 
  • Study of fundamental atomic and molecular processes that lead to the understanding of the electronic structure, dynamics and electron-electron correlations.
  • Photoionization studies of positive and negative ions of astrophysical relevance.

 

 
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Education

 

 
  • Ph.D., Physics, May 2003 “Photoionization of Positive Ions: The Nitrogen Isoelectronic Sequence”
    Advisor: Dr. Ronald A. Phaneuf University of Nevada, Reno, NV

  • B.S., Physics, June 1997 “Identifcation of Xenon Excited Levels by Resonant Multiphoton Ionization in a Time of Flight Tube”
    Advisors: Dr. Ignacio Álvarez and Dr. Carmen Cisneros Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, MEXICO

 

 
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Fellowships, Awards and Honors

 

 
  • National Research Council, Resident Research Associate Award, 2004 – 2005
  • Doctoral Fellow in Residence, Advanced Light Source (ALS), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) 2001 – 2003.
  • First place student poster award, 13th Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, American Physical Society, Gatlinburg, TN, 2002.
  • DGAPA-UNAM, Scholarship for Ph.D. studies at University of Nevada, Reno 1997-2003.
  • DGAPA-UNAM, Scholarship for Undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1995-1997

 

 
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Workshops

 

 
  • NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, Las Vegas, NV, February, 2006
  • Berkeley-Stanford Summer School in Synchrotron Radiation, Berkeley CA, USA, July, 2001
  • Inter-American Workshop on the use of Synchrotron Radiation for Research and Symposium on Nanotechnologies, Campinas, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL February 2001
  • Second School on Synchrotron Radiation, Cuarnavaca, Morelos, MEXICO March, 1997
  • Latin American School of Physics: Ion-Molecule Interactions, Rosario, ARGENTINA, April, 1997

 

 
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Recent Publications (2004-present)

 

 
A. Aguilar, J.M. Ajello, R.S. Mangina, G.K. James, H. Abgrall, E. Roueff, ''The Electron Excited Middle UV to Near IR Spectrum of H2: Cross Sections and Transition Probabilities," submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2007).
J.M. Ajello, A. Aguilar, R.S. Mangina, G.K. James, P. Geissler, L. Trafton,''The Middle UV to Near IR Spectrum of Electron Excited SO2,'' submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research Planets (2007).
K. Fahy, E. Sokell, G. O'Sullivan, A. Aguilar, J.M. Pomeroy, J.N. Tan and J.D. Gillaspy, "Extreme-ultraviolet spectroscopy of highly charged xenon ions created using an electron-beam ion trap," Phys. Rev. A, 75, 032520 (2007).

A. Aguilar, G.F. Gribakin, M.F. Gharaibeh, R.A. Phaneuf, M.G. Kozlov, J.D. Bozek, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, and J.D. Gillaspy, ''Absolute photoionization cross sections for Xe4+, Xe5+ and Xe6+ near 13.5 nm: Experiment and Theory'' Phys. Rev. A, 73, 032717 (2006).

R.C. Bilodeau, J.D. Bozek, G.D. Ackerman, A. Aguilar, N. Berrah, ''Photodetachment of He- near the 1s threshold: Absolute cross section measurements and post-collision interactions,'' Phys. Rev. A, 73, 034701 (2006).

C.E. Hudson, J.B. West, K.L. Bell, A. Aguilar, R.A. Phaneuf, F. Folkmann, H. Kjeldsen, J. Bozek, A.S. Schlachter and C. Cisneros, “A theoretical and experimental study of the photoionization of Al II,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 38, no.16, 2911-2932 (2005).

B. Blagojevic, E.-O. LeBigot, K. Fahy, A. Aguilar, K. Makonyi, E. Takács, J.N. Tan, J.M. Pomeroy, J.H. Burnett, J.D. Gillaspy and J.R. Roberts, “A high efficiency ultrahigh vacuum compatible flat field spectrometer for extreme ultraviolet wavelengths,” Rev. Sci. Instrum., 76, 083102 (2005).

V.T. Davis, A. Aguilar, A.M. Covington, J.S. Thompson, D. Calabrese, C. Cisneros, M.S. Gulley, M. Halka, D. Hanstorp, J. Sandström, B.M. McLaughlin, G.F. Gribakin and D.J. Pegg, “Photo-double detachment from the F - ion, ” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 38, no.14, 2579-2589 (2005).

Scully, A. Aguilar, E.D. Emmons, R.A. Phaneuf, M. Halka, D. Leitner, J.C. Levin, M.S. Lubell, A.S. Schlachter, A.M. Covington, S. Shippers, A. Müller and B.M. McLaughlin, “K-shell photoionization of Be-like carbon ions: experiment and theory for C2+,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 38, no.12, 1967-1975 (2005).

A. Aguilar, E.D. Emmons, M.F. Gharaibeh, R.A. Phaneuf, A.M. Covington, J.D. Bozek, G. Ackerman, S. Canton, B. Rude, A.S. Schlachter, G. Hinojosa, I. Alvarez, C. Cisneros, B.M. McLaughlin, “Photoionization of ions of the nitrogen isoelectronic sequence: experiment and theory for F2+ and Ne3+,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 38, no.4, 343-361 (2005).

E.D. Emmons, A. Aguilar, M.F. Gharaibeh, S.W.J. Scully, R.A. Phaneuf, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, A.S. Schlachter, I. Alvarez, C. Cisneros, G. Hinojosa, “Photoionization and electron-impact ionization of Xe3+,” Phys. Rev. A., 71, no.4, 42704-1-6 (2005).

R.C. Bilodeau, J.D. Bozek, A. Aguilar, G.D. Ackerman, G. Turri, N. Berrah, “Photoexcitation of He- allow-ion resonances: observation of the 2s2p24P state,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, no.19, 193001/1-4 (2004).

K. Fahy, P. Dunne, L. McKinney, G. O’Sullivan, E. Sokell, J. White, A. Aguilar, J.M. Pomeroy, J.N. Tan, B. Blagojevic, E-O LeBigot and J.D. Gillaspy, “UTA versus line emission for EUVL: studies on xenon emission at the NIST EBIT,” J Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 37, 3225-3232 (2004).

A. Aguilar, J.S. Thompson, D. Calabrese, A.M. Covington, C. Cisneros, V.T. Davis, M.S. Gulley, Halka, D. Hanstorp, J. Sandström, B.M. McLaughlin and D.J. Pegg, “Double photodetachment from the Cl - ion,” Phys. Rev. A, 69, 022711 (2004).

A.S. Schlachter, M.M. Sant’Anna, A.M. Covington, A. Aguilar, M.F. Gharaibeh, G. Hinojosa, R.A. Phaneuf, I. Alvarez, C. Cisneros, A. Müller, B.M. McLaughlin, “Lifetime of a K-shell vacancy in Carbon by 1s → 2p photo-excitation of C+,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 37, no.5, L1-L7 (2004).

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